Morris tribune., 1887-10-19

Rumors were in circulation at Pierre,
OAK, that the Indians at the Crow Greek
and .Brule agencies were troublesome
Inspector Jackson, just returned from
that point, reports everything quiet there
Over.200. men have gone into the lum'
bering woods from Brainerd within the
past ten days. The camps are all pre-
pared and active work WILL soon be conn
menced. The cut will be unusually heavy
this winter. 2 !
News has been received at Elk river
that iron ore has been found on the farm
of Coats & Freeman, at East st. Cloud,
near the site of the new state prison.
Samples of the ore have been sent to st.
Paul for examination.
The report was received at Duluth hat
a party of capitalists from Cleveland
were about to organize a loan and trust
company in that city with a capital OF
$500, 900. Two prominent residents OF
Duluth will be members of the company.
The company will begin business the first
of next January.
Nearly all the buildings at the fair
grounds at Grand Forks were destroyed
by fire Friday night. The fire was seen
about II o'clock, but there being SO
many straw stacks burning in the neigh
borhood, it was thought to be one of
them and no attention was paid. The
origin of the fire is unknown,
Washington reports say congressman
are more interested in house hunting
than in politics at present.
A meeting of Illinois coal miners at
East st. Louis decided to make a formal
demand on the operators for an advance
Of .2112 cents a ton for digging.
The Indian reservation trouble at Pipe
stone was settled by the white settlers
agreeing to be moved. They also sign an
agreement to stay off the reservation.
A fearful epidemic of typoid fever is
raging at Iron Mountain, Mich. There
are over 100 people down with the dis
ease, and from n to seven deaths daily.
The last spike was driven in the Mon
tana extension of the Manitoba Saturd ay
at Great Falls. The $50 miles of this line
were graded and tracked in six months,
a record unparalleled.
There were two more deaths from chol-
era off Swinburne island Saturday night
among the Alesia's passengers. This
brings the total deaths from cholera up
to date to twenty-eight since the Alesia
left Mediterranean ports.
j. G. Baird & Co.'S bank at st. Charles,
Ill, wa robbed of $40, 900, the safe being
blown open with dynamite.
Anarchist Parsons has again written
the governor of Illinois that he will not
accept a Communication of sentence.
The farmers elevator at Egan, Oak,
claim they are unable to get cars, and for
that reason will be compelled to stop buy
ing wheat.
Twenty $1,400 clerks are to be re-
moved from the New York custom house
for failure in two separate civil service
examinations for promotions.
Jesse Lee Hall, Indian agent at the XII
owa Commando and Wichita agencies.
is a defaulter to the extent of nearly $780,
900 in government and Indian funds.
Rev. Charles A. Barry, of Wolyer-
hampton, Eng, preached in Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, Sunday. He made a
very good impression, and may possibly
be Mr.. Beecher's successor,
The Union Coal comuDny, of Shamokia,
Penn, are removing from their mines ali
persons unable to speak and understand
English. Inability to speak the English
language on the part of the employees
often causes serious accidents.
A convention Of postmasters Of the
fourth class is to be held at Eau Claire,
Wis, Nov. 8. 1t will be composed of the
postmasters of that congressional district,
and the object is to lay before congress a
protest against the discrimination of post
Offices of that class.
The brick crop of Chicago for the sea-
son of 1887 amounts to 1872, 900, 600.
Sheriff Stevens of Clinton, Me-, has
been arrested for unjustiflable murder.
Coy. Bodwell, of Maine, says enforcing
prohibition is the biggest job he ever
undertook.
The people Of Washington are anxious
to have the presidential conventions of
next year held in that city.
A Missouri man named Keyler writes
Sheriff Matson of Cook county, Illinois.
requesting the pleasure of hanging the
anarchists.